Government to tighten law on online suicide drugs

The government has said that it will tighten the laws that allow people to buy drugs online which can be used to take their lives.

Justice Minister Sarah Saikman told the House of Commons that the existing laws were also focused on ensuring that.

MPs heard of a 21 -year -old man from Southampton, who was able to buy online substances to end their lives.

This is also as follows 17-year-old Vlad Nicholine-Cassale diesFrom the same city, in similar circumstances in May last year.

MP Darren Pafe said: “One of my components in Southampton Itchen, at just 21 years of age, died tragically after reaching the online forums of pro-suicide, which not only encouraged self-disgrace, but also advertised how to get deadly drugs and how to exploit such flaws.

“The substance used in his death can still be purchased on Amazon.

“What steps will the minister take to close these flaws that enable criminality, and ensure that the law is actively protecting our youth?”

Responding to the Labor MP, Ms. Saikman said: “I am sorry to hear about that tragic case in her constituency.

“Encouraging or assisting suicides is a crime under the suicide act 1961 and sending communication that encourages or aids severe self -loss, is a crime in the online security act 2023.

“But we are going to tighten the law to ensure that the situation he describes has been addressed.

“And of course it is not just about the law, it is also the enforcement of the law.”

Anna Nicolin-Casle stated that her youngest child, Vlad, was “encouraged” to swallow poison by users of an online “pro-suicide” group, which is still active in the UK, despite several calls to ban it.

Vlad’s family revealed the harsh details of his death as a warning to others.

Detectives found a “suicide kit” in the family’s Southampton Ghar, with various poison and bullets, which Vlad bought after joining the chat group.

It comes as Canadian Chef Kenneth Law Facing a lawsuit for murder In their country to supply a poisonous chemical to people around the world, who have ended their lives.

According to the National Crime Agency, it is associated with dozens of suicides in the UK.